naturalized Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make into a citizen
   naturalize; naturalise.
   
   • The French family was naturalized last year
2. verb explain with reference to nature
   naturalize.
   
3. verb adopt to another place
   naturalize; naturalise.
   
   • The stories had become naturalized into an American setting
4. verb make more natural or lifelike
   naturalize; naturalise.
   
5. verb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
   naturalize; cultivate; tame; naturalise; domesticate.
   
   • domesticate oats
   • tame the soil
6. adjective satellite introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
   established.
   
7. adjective satellite planted so as to give an effect of wild growth
   naturalised.
   
   • drifts of naturalized daffodils

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